Janus Conference on Research Library Collections

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The Janus Conference on Research Library Collections: Managing the Shifting Ground Between Readers and Writers was held on October 9-11, 2005, Cornell University, Ithaca , NY.

The Participants considered several themes:

  • Legacy,
  • Technology,
  • Epistemology and
  • Implementation.

Presenters included:

  • Ross Atkinson, Associate University Librarian for Collections (Cornell University)
  • Mark Dimunation, Chief of the Rare Book and Special Collections (Library of Congress)
  • Hendrik Edelman, Adjunct Professor, Palmer School of Library and Information Science (Long Island University)
  • Jean-Claude Guedon, Professor of Comparative Literature (Universite de Montreal)
  • Mark Sandler, Collection Development Officer at the University Library (Michigan University)
  • Brian Schottlaender, University Librarian (UC San Diego)
  • David Stam, University Librarian Emeritus (Syracuse University & Trustee of the Delmas Foundation)
  • Sarah Thomas, Carl A. Kroch University Librarian (Cornell University)

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    Janus Conference Proceedings Video (Part 6): Closing Session
    Thomas, Sarah; Schottlaender, Brian (Internet-First University Press, 2005)
    This is a video of the closing session of the Janus Conference with Sarah Thomas and Brian Schottlaender, University Librarian, University of California, San Diego discussing the resolution and next steps from the conference.
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    Janus Conference Proceedings Video (Part 5): Remarks and a draft resolution on research library collections
    Atkinson, Ross (Internet-First University Press, 2005)
    Ross Atkinson, Associate University Librarian for Collections, Cornell presented "Remarks and a draft resolution on research library collections' as part of the Janus Conference on Research Library Collections: Managing the Shifting Ground Between Readers and Writers which was held on October 9-11, 2005, Cornell University, Ithaca , NY.
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    Janus Conference Proceedings Video (Part 4): On scholarly communication and collection development
    Guédon, Jean-Claude (Internet-First University Press, 2005)
    Jean-Claude Guédon, Professor, Département de littérature comparée, Université de Montréal presented "On scholarly communication and collection development" at the Janus Conference on Research Library Collections: Managing the Shifting Ground Between Readers and Writers which was held on October 9-11, 2005, Cornell University, Ithaca , NY.
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    Janus Conference Proceedings Video (Part 3): On library collections in the age of Google
    Sandler, Mark (Internet-First University Press, 2005)
    Mark Sandler, Director of Collections, University of Michigan Library presented "On library collections in the age of Google" at the Janus Conference on Research Library Collections: Managing the Shifting Ground Between Readers and Writers which was held on October 9-11, 2005, Cornell University, Ithaca , NY.
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    Janus Conference Proceedings Video (Part 2): On the continuing importance of physical artifacts
    Dimunation, Mark (Internet-First University Press, 2005)
    Mark Dimunation, Chief of the Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress gave a presentation "On the continuing importance of physical artifacts: as part of the Janus Conference on Research Library Collections: Managing the Shifting Ground Between Readers and Writers which was held on October 9-11, 2005, Cornell University, Ithaca , NY.
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    Janus Conference Proceedings Video (Part 1): A history of collection development and a view to the future
    Edelman, Hendrik (Internet-First University Press, 2005)
    Hendrik Edelman, Adjunct Professor, Palmer School of Library and Information Science, Long Island University presents "A history of collection development and a view to the future" at the Janus Conference on Research Library Collections: Managing the Shifting Ground Between Readers and Writers which was held on October 9-11, 2005, Cornell University, Ithaca , NY.
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    Introduction for the Break-Out Sessions: Six Key Challenges for the Future of Collection Development
    Atkinson, Ross (2006-01-09T16:25:26Z)
    This article presents an overview of a range of key challenges facing collection development. It first considers the evolving nature of collections, and in so doing, confirms that the concept of the collection in the new environment remains valid and crucial to scholarship and services. It discusses the main players in the information exchange process. Finally, it outlines six key challenges in collection development for academic research libraries
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    Intelligent Design and the Evolution of American Research Library Collections
    Edelman, Hendrik (2006-01-03T15:55:11Z)
    This paper disusses the the forces that have shaped American research library collections, how collection development emerged as a professional responsibility in the second part of the 20th century, and how the profession has empowered itself through research, methodology, documentation and education.
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    Collection Development in the Day of Google
    Sandler, Mark (2005-11-30T19:58:21Z)
    The powerpoint presentation given by Mark Sandler at the Janus Conference on Research Library Collections, October 10, 2005.
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    Key Challenges for Collection Development
    Atkinson, Ross (2005-11-30T19:54:06Z)
    The powerpoint presentation given by Ross Atkinson at the Janus Conference on Research Library Collections, October 10,2005,
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    Collection Development: A Summary of Workshop Discussions
    Dudley, Norman (American Library Association. Resources and Technical Services Division, 1979)
    The author presents a summary of the five workshop discussions held at the Preconference Institute on Collection Development sponsored by the Collection Development Committee, Resources Section , RTSD, Detroit, MI June 1977.
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    Allocation of Funds in Support of Collection Development in Public Libraries
    Bender, Ann (American Library Association. Resources and Technical Services Division, 1979)
    A discussion of allocation of funds in support of colleciton development in public libraries based primarily on interviews held with administrative officers of the Brooklyn Pulic Library and Tompkins County (New York) Public Library is presented. The author concludes that no materials budget, however strong, can be used effectively without quality service at the level where the individual librarian brings material and patron together.
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    The Necessity for a Collection Development Policy Statement
    Feng, Y. T. (American Library Association. Resources and Technical Services Division, 1979)
    The heart of the library lies in its collection, and collections have to be built continuously. Budgetary constraints perforce stress the need for better defined collection development policy, although the ultimate goal should be an improvement of library service rather than any reduction of library cost. A written collection development policy facilitates a consistent and balanced growth of library resources, and a dynamic policy is one that evolves as the institution grows. Such as policy is based on the understanding of the needs of the community it serves and seeks to define and limit the goals and objectives of the institution. A collection development statement is not a substitute for books selection; it charts the forest but does not plant the trees. It should be used as a guidepost, not a crutch. Book selection requires judgement and the courage to choose. A sound collection development policy, on the other hand, provides the necessary rationale without which a collection may grow amoebalike, by means of pseudopodia.
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    Collection development and management at Cornell : a concluding report on activities of the Cornell University Libraries' project for collection development and management, July 1979-June 1980, with proposals for future planning
    Miller, J. Gormly (Cornell University Library, 1981)
    Miller's work addresses two primary audiences, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which funded the two-year study at Cornell, and the University's administrators, who would assess the extent to which they would underwrite the report's recommendations. It lays out a series of activities that the library conducted to measure the Project's research design and makes specific recommendations for the organization, selection policy, budget control and planning of collection development at Cornell. The report's scope and tone-- whose principal leitmotifs are limits, controls and bounds-- contrasts sharply with the optimism of the interim report, written two years earlier.
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    Collection development and management at Cornell : an interim report on activities of the Cornell University Libraries' project for collection development and management, July 1977-June 1979 ; prepared under a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
    Edelman, Hendrik; Hazen, Dan C. (Cornell University Library, 1979)
    This document covers the first year-and-a-half of the Cornell University Libraries' Project for Collection Development and Management and as such is primarily a statement of the issues that the the Library faced and the investigative design that Edelman proposed to address them. The issues-- decline in acquisitions rates, concern over methodology for funds allocation, library space-- will seem remarkably contemporary. Twenty-five years on, readers will be struck by the writers' confidence that all research library activity derived from the collections and that their description, evaluation and planning would, necessarily, improve services.
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    Collection Evaluation in Research Libraries: The Search for Quality, Consistency, and System in Collection Development
    Mosher, Paul H. (American Library Association. Resources and Technical Services Division, 1979)
    The history, literature, and methodology of collection evaluation or assessment in American research libraries are reviewed, current problems, tools, and methodology of evaluation are discussed; and an ongoing collection evaluation program at Stanford University Libraries is described.
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    Selection Methodology in Academic Libraries.
    Edelman, Hendrik (American Library Association. Resources and Technical Services Division, 1979)
    An attempt is made to describe the elements of a selection decision model. Definitions are provided and an outline for a classification of library materials by source of origin is developed. There are descriptions of short- and long-term goals for collection development as well as an outline of macro- and microselection decision making.
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    Some Practical Observations on the Writing, Implementation, and Revision of Collection Development Policy.
    Osburn, Charles B. (American Library Association. Resources and Technical Services Division, 1979)
    This paper was conceived in the context of the "RTSD Guidelines for the Formulation of Collection Development Policies." It describes fundamental qualities of policy applicable to all kinds of libraries and recommends a step-by-step process leading to the the successful realization of policy planning. Placing an emphasis on the values of the process itself, the paper also suggests implications for collection development personnel and for the library as an organization, when a working policy is adapted.